Word: brits
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...that strikes too close to home. The crowd at the Avalon came as no surprise, then, and tossle-headed twenty-somethings rubbed sweaty elbows with drunken father figures.The opening act, The Black Angels, took some warming up to. But their peculiar brand of metal-tinged psychedelia, reminiscent of Brit-poppers The Music, got better the longer they played. A different sound than the headliners, to be sure, and, while the crowd responded politely, lead singer Alex Maas’ reminder to “stick around for the Black Keys” was met with many an anxious yell. When...
...Crimson editors on the editorial board. Hadfield contributes information to the Crimson’s online calendar, and Goldenberg currently writes the biweekly column “Sardonic Verses” and co-authors the Crimson blog “Gadfly.”Hadfield, a 24-year-old Brit, sold a soccer Web site he created as a teenager to ESPN in 1999 for 25 million British pounds. And Vancouver native Goldenberg, elected this semester to the UC, serves as vice chair of the College Events Board and is a member of the Student Advisory Board.Given that...
...Brit Hume, the Washington, D.C., managing editor of Fox News, will lead tonight's election coverage on the news station of choice for most of the White House. Hume's "fair and balanced" coverage begins at 6 p.m. Eastern and continues until at least midnight. Fox News Channel plays constantly aboard Vice President Dick Cheney's plane, and it was Fox coverage that was flickering on a corner television in the White House residence when reporters were taken upstairs on election night in 2004. Hume, a University of Virginia graduate, was with ABC News for 23 years and was that...
GORDON RAMSAY'S F WORD BBC AMERICA, SUNDAYS, 9 P.M. E.T. Turns out Ramsay knows howto do something besides swear. The bad-boy Brit best known for filleting aspiring chefs on Hell's Kitchen reveals his reserved(ish) side, showing off his home kitchen and chatting up celebs between rounds of chewing out cooks at his restaurant. (I didn't say he forgot how to swear.) F Word (stands for food) is enjoyable less for cooking tips than for Ramsay's political incorrectness about, say, foie gras, the buttery liver produced by force-feeding ducks and geese. "Some people...
...Theme,” a solid combination of synthesized strings and soft-spoken vocal lines reminiscent of “Sea Change.” Other highlights include “Nausea,” built on a raw acoustic guitar and bass riff, with Beck doing his best Brit-pop vocal imitation. “Strange Apparition” is loveable piano-driven ’90s pop with a nice half-time breakdown at the end of the track...